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Evidence, editorial review and publication method

How Horizon collects, verifies, integrates, translates, publishes and corrects GCC intelligence.

Horizon evidence standard

How intelligence earns the right to be published.

Horizon integrates evidence so that a business reader can understand the finding, its limits and the original sources without confusing a source fact with Horizon analysis.

Traceable evidence

Every material claim retains its publisher, original route, reference period and review status. Official and multilateral sources lead; professional and academic sources add context.

Meaning before volume

A card is not a dossier. Public briefs explain the finding and uncertainty; complete member dossiers add decision structure, evidence and practical implications.

No silent invention

Observed data, estimates, policy targets and Horizon interpretation are labelled separately. Conflicting figures are investigated, not averaged into a convenient number.

Controlled translation

English is the canonical editorial record. Italian, French, Spanish and Arabic versions must preserve dates, figures, entities, sources and the degree of uncertainty.

Publication lifecycle

  1. 1

    Discover

    Approved source routes are checked and every item keeps its original URL and publication date.

  2. 2

    Verify

    Country, sector, freshness, authority, reuse conditions and corroboration needs are assessed.

  3. 3

    Integrate

    Relevant evidence is deduplicated and converted into a Horizon synthesis with explicit limits.

  4. 4

    Review

    A publication gateway blocks incomplete evidence, unsupported claims and unapproved translations.

  5. 5

    Publish and correct

    Approved versions are released with a review date. Later corrections create a new accountable version.

What each access level means

Public

Selected news, public briefs, country and sector orientation, events and visible source routes.

Registered

A private company profile, personalised brief, watchlists, Readiness, saved work and basic planning tools.

Community

Complete dossiers, deeper event and opportunity intelligence, learning, private working sessions and broader matching previews.

Horizon service

Human validation, named target research, verified contacts, outreach, introductions, negotiation and market-entry execution.

Security and editorial boundaries

The public intelligence platform has no direct access to Horizon’s canonical CRM, Gmail or internal Relationship Intelligence. Company work is tenant-isolated and authorisation is enforced on the server. Members do not receive access to one another’s profiles or workspaces.

Corrections and challenges

A source can change after publication. Readers should use the dated original source for formal decisions and can ask Horizon to review a claim, a translation or a superseded official route.